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Stephen B. is 47% done with The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
Still slogging through. I am somewhat skimming through the parts about manorial law. Just too much detail for my liking.
Dec 14, 2025 08:37AM Add a comment
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

Stephen B.
Stephen B. is 25% done with The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
Pretty interesting. But not overly so. No visuals, which would help with clothing depiction.
Dec 07, 2025 09:02AM Add a comment
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

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Stephen B. is 53% done with The Midnight Bookshop
Getting better as I read through.
Nov 18, 2025 05:54PM Add a comment
The Midnight Bookshop

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Stephen B. is 11% done with The Midnight Bookshop
Stories just starting to commingle.
Nov 11, 2025 05:42AM Add a comment
The Midnight Bookshop

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Stephen B. is 87% done with The Doll-Master: And Other Tales of Terror
Odd short stories, with lots of chilling, anti-social behavior.
Nov 02, 2025 07:41PM Add a comment
The Doll-Master: And Other Tales of Terror

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Stephen B. is 87% done with A Very Bad Thing
Strings finally tying together, which has taken awhile with all the added characters. Am looking forward to the big reveals and a whodunnit conclusion.

This won’t be my favorite JT Ellison book, though.
Oct 29, 2025 06:28PM Add a comment
A Very Bad Thing

Stephen B.
Stephen B. is 62% done with A Very Bad Thing
This is a very long book. Interesting, by won't be my favorite JT Ellison by a long mile. I count on her for good domestic noir, and this is not noir.
Oct 23, 2025 10:15AM Add a comment
A Very Bad Thing

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Stephen B. is on page 10 of 446 of A Very Bad Thing
This is a different novel from the other two I’ve read from Ellison. It read like a lesser author is writing, or thus is a YA novel directed at teens.

I think it will get better. JT Ellison never disappoints.
Oct 05, 2025 03:35PM Add a comment
A Very Bad Thing

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Stephen B. is 31% done with Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)
Wow, there are a lot of characters named.
Sep 28, 2025 05:42AM Add a comment
Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)

Stephen B.
Stephen B. is 14% done with Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)
Still getting into in, albeit too slowly. More characters than expected.
Sep 26, 2025 04:45PM Add a comment
Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)

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Stephen B. is starting The Last One at the Wedding
Just starting, like on page 3.
Sep 14, 2025 03:21AM Add a comment
The Last One at the Wedding

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Stephen B. is 19% done with The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Sure is a quick read at 190 pages. Much to learn about how a snail lives.
Sep 07, 2025 08:28PM Add a comment
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

Stephen B.
Stephen B. is 74% done with Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t
Interesting with much, uh, contemporary vernacular spewed about.
Sep 02, 2025 06:43AM Add a comment
Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t

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Stephen B. is 25% done with Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t
I did not realize this was a parody of another author’s book. Lots of cuss-filled advice.
Aug 31, 2025 03:56PM Add a comment
Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t

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Stephen B. is 61% done with The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
Very interesting. Anarchists on a moon engaging in spirited dialogue with the opulent rich of a planet of riches. The foibles of both!
Aug 23, 2025 12:55PM Add a comment
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

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